Just curious. For me, it’s because I need a year or two more experience before the better tech companies will give me a chance.
IBM’s long slog
This article compares new IBM to the legacy portions of IBM, and concludes IBM is not generating enough business opportunities out of old IBM. He zero’s in on IBM’s problem children (Systems, TPP, and legacy GTS growth) It sure looks like IBM... — read more
The following is the text of an IBM Data Processing Division press release distributed on April 7, 1964.
System/360 Announcement A new generation of electronic computing equipment was introduced today by International Business Machines Corporation. IBM Board Chairman Thomas J. Watson Jr. called the event the most important product announcement in the... — read more
Kickstarting AI for Code: Introducing IBM’s Project CodeNet
https://research.ibm.com/blog/codenet-ai-for-code Project CodeNet is a large dataset aimed at teaching AI to code.
IBM played a big part in my childhood
When I was growing up, my mother was at IBM designing software for the space shuttle, and the street next to my house was named IBM. I was named after one of their senior engineers. So the company played a big part in my childhood and was ever... — read more
Whitehurst
I like Whitehurst and have had the chance to meet him a few times. If you want to understand his ethos check out "The Open Organization". It details his transition from Delta to Red Hat and the transformation of his leadership style being around a... — read more
Mandated Vaccination?
Is IBM allowed to require employees to get vaccinated?
How important is it to have a technological background?
I recently had a discussion about this with close colleagues, so I wonder what you think: how much better would things be in this company if the board of directors had a technical background? Some feel that this is not so important as long as they... — read more
Hypothetically speaking
What are the chances of fulfilling the requirements of a PiP? Did anyone actually take the initiative and leave? Are the expectations unattainable? Is the duration of a PiP standard or dependent on the individual?
Living in the Past
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/still-living-in-the-past-ibm-remains-behind-the-tech-ball/ar-AAMptBt
Why are there never any proper repercussions for IBM leadership?
Do you know a company that's more mismanaged than this? I can't think of one. Yet those on top are able to keep their positions, to keep their bonuses, to keep all the benefits the rest of us can only dream about. Why are they not held accountable... — read more
I try not to think about RAs
But still, I'm waiting and after Q2 results I am aware that... RAs will happen whether IBM does well or not… Is there any info when this could happen and how many people could be affected?
IBM Campuses, Revived
A Renewal for IBM Campuses Once Home to Punch Cards and Circuit Boards When Big Blue left upstate New York, economic pain ensued. But the large complexes left behind are ideally suited for large-scale production and shipping, local officials... — read more
Former IBM president Whitehurst sells Durham home, heads south
"Working" from home indeed. And what big companies are located in FL that JW could be interested in? https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2021/07/19/jim-whitehurst-sells-durham-home-near-country-club.html By: Lauren Ohnesorge – Senior Staff... — read more
why are you guys so negative, just say hurray!
We had the best, THE BEST quarter in 3years. So why aren't you guys rejoicing? IBM stock will soon be on Mars. prediction: $175
Sell ESPP stock or not?
Reading this blog has me seriously considering selling my IBM stock. So much employee contempt. 15 year IBM veteran with a few thousand ESPP shares. With the earnings pop today is this the time to sell? The only reason I havn't sold them is that... — read more
Age discrimination case against IBM leaks emails, docs via bad redaction
Some very interesting reading. https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/06/age_discrimination_ibm/ An IBM age discrimination lawsuit filed in Texas last year has become a bit less opaque after The Register found an inadequately redacted court document... — read more
IBM and NASSCOM Foundation Make About 5000 Students Employment Ready
Bangalore, July 15, 2021 – About 5000 underserved youth from regions across Karnataka, Telangana, and Delhi-NCR are now skilled in Data Science and Cloud computing, with over 2000 of them placed in jobs through a program by IBM (NYSE: ... — read more
Many people are asking - What will Kyndryl's Separation package look like ?
Many future employees of Kyndryl are concern that revenue will not be what Exec expect and know the will be axe will be swinging. The question is - will Kyndryl continue IBM's separation package used last year ? The other question is how many... — read more
Q2 results soon:
Taking a theme from Clint eastwood , what yah reckon - the good, the bad - or the ugly I reckon small growth so could be ugly
Whatever happened to Watson?
lol "Watson has not remade any industries. And it hasn’t lifted IBM’s fortunes. The company trails rivals that emerged as the leaders in cloud computing and A.I. — Amazon, Microsoft and Google. While the shares of those three have multiplied in... — read more
Anyone took IBMs counter offer?
I put in my 2 weeks notice with 50% more offer and to my surprise ibm matched the pay, significantly over 1 pmr for the band. Anyone here accept IBM's counter? Were you treated well afterwards or let go?
Q2 Earnings Commentary
No matter what the earnings are, trust me when I say they are low quality earnings. I work in sales and we're pulling deals forward by giving extreme, extreme discounts. We're mortgaging our future to meet our quarterly goals. Our pipeline for Q3 and... — read more
Curious - what keeps the big blue still going in today’s world?
What are the top 5 products that are actually making money for ibm? Mainframe?
Financial engineering - does it provide any tangible benefits?
Complex financial engineering is one sign of trouble. If you need a PhD to understand an company's investment or a company's balance sheet then they are probably best avoided (both the investment and the company). Or what do you think?
IBM design thinking
"Using design thinking to design software that is useless and unusable." Saw this under the "What's IBM good at?" post and found it intriguing that it got so many positive votes. Can anyone name one IBM product resulting from design thinking that was... — read more
Are IBM Quarter Century Clubs still IBM funded anywhere in the world?
The IBM Quarter Century Club of Victoria (Australia) has traditionally been funded by the corporate generosity of IBM but that commitment is clearly no longer held as valuable as it once was, by IBM. The last financial support from local IBM came in... — read more
Email outage
For 18 months the email system has been down - migration from Notes but nobody in IT can put pieces of new system together. Lacking this would drive employees out. I guess the old days of PROFS would have been better. (How many remember that old... — read more
NYT article on Watson
What Ever Happened to IBM’s Watson? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/technology/what-ever-happened-to-ibms-watson.html?referringSource=articleShare
AWS Mainframe Job Openings
Mainframe Modernization continues to be a growth area in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Migration practice with multiple roles across our EMEA practice looking for Mainframe Migration Consultants and Architects... — read more
For all of you Red Hat folks here
You are fooling yourself if you think Red Hat will stay independent. AK just started the consolidation of his power and the blue-washing of Red Hat has just accelerated big time. IBM always destroys the company it acquires.
a Q
I am in GBS (SAP) and I joined about a year ago. I have about 10 years of experience. I like the project I am on and we'll probably be on this client through 2023... I am being offered about 20% more total comp by a mid tier consulting company -... — read more
What's IBM good at?
Thoughts?
CEO of Instana already calling it quit...
Just announced internally at IBM... Miro Novakovic (Instana CEO) is leaving IBM... It did not take long for the Blue-washing to take effect at Instana!! Heads up Red Hat, Turbonomics, BoxBoat and BlueTab...
Big Layoffs for real?
I keep hearing about big layoffs because ibm took $3b charge but the ground reality is that so many people are leaving/retiring that IBM has a tough time finding a replacement. They cannot even get college grads from decent colleges, forget about... — read more